Soon-to-be former-student.

I try to live healthy, eat consciously, and stay active. I am an avid bike rider who needs little excuse to go outside and enjoy the sun and nice (and now pleasantly cool!) weather. Currently finishing undergrad studies at UT. I study Mesoamerican archaeology, through the varying lenses of anthropology, art history, and Latin American Studies. I am also passionate about sustainable agriculture and am obsessed with food (eating, growing, cooking, et al).

Once I finish school, I'd like to disappear for a while. I'd buy a sailboat if I could. Someday I'd like to own a farm.

Pretending to know a lot about stuff I really don't know anything about.

Books: Right now I am slowly working my way through a sci-fi novel, a book about languages, and a collection of essays on family farms. This is the kind of stuff I read for fun. And I have a terrible habit of reading multiple books at once and not finishing any of them.

Some of my favorite novels / non-fiction include: Candide by Voltaire, The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera (the only book that's ever made me cry like a baby), Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke, Kalki by Gore Vidal, Lamb by Christopher Moore, The Discovery and Conquest of Mexico by Bernal Diaz, The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan, and most recently, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz.

If I can call myself a connoisseur of anything, I suppose music would be it. I love discovering new music and spend a good part of my waking life collecting, disseminating, listening to, and thinking about music (everything but actually making it, alas).

A select few of my favorite bands / musicians / genres: Leonard Cohen, Jonathan Richman, Robyn Hitchcock, Jarvis Cocker, Serge Gainsbourg, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Silver Jews, Deerhunter, Yo La Tengo, The Clientele, Jorge Ben, Caetano Veloso, Frederic Chopin, Erik Satie; psychedelic, bossa nova, shoegaze, lounge, 60s French, c-86, Romantic-period classical piano pieces

Film: Aguirre the Wrath of God, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Barry Lyndon, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Holy Mountain, City of God, Kontroll, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Playtime, La Haine

TV: I watch the Travel Channel a lot, mainly because half of their programming consists of Anthony Bourdain re-runs. I hopped on the bandwagon late, but Season 3 of Mad Men on AMC has me completely hooked. Everything about the show - the storyline, the character development, the sets - are impeccable. I am obsessed.

But between Mad Men, Bourdain, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert I really don't watch much television.

Over the past year, I've drastically changed the way I eat and the way I view the things I eat. And it's had a huge effect, in a number of incredibly different ways. I've always enjoyed cooking, but now I do it much more often. So much so that I rarely ever eat out (not that I don't enjoy doing it). My culinary preferences tend to have a Latin bias.

my bike, my cat Ernie, guacamole, morning coffee, evening cup 'o tea, a place to hide

coincidence, food

You enjoy watching old films on the big screen, going to concerts, riding bikes around town, or just having a nice conversation over coffee, or all of the above.